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First Aired - 05/01/2011 03:30PM
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Friend of the show Scott Appel joins Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg on this week's episode of We Dig Plants. Scott is on the show to discuss botanical latin and why it means so much to horticulture. Learn why plants are related not by their appearance but by their reproductive properties and find out more about how the Latin language is second to none when it comes to classification and taxonomy. This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse.
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We Dig Plants: Botanical Latin (22:51)
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We Dig Plants, Scott D. Appell, Heritage Radio Network, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc, horticulture, gardening, botanical Latin, Mother-in-Law's Tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata, plant names, language, Cotoneaster, Lain was the language of the educated, Carl Linnaeus, taxonomy, plant characterizations by reproductive organs,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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Greenhorn Radio: Blair Randall (22:27)
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Severeine Von Tscharner Fleming, Greenhorn Radio, young farmers, Blair Randall, farm activist, San Francisco, urban gardening classes, Garden for the Environment, organic gardening, teaching San Francisco residents how to garden using less water, connecting grassroots organizations with individuals, Victory Garden, gardening is no longer common knowledge, Blair's background was in childhood education, educators are naturally inclined to be physically engaged, making the change from educator to farmer, farming is very difficult, it's hard to make money, www.futurefarmers.com,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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This week the farm report goes local, real local with Bee Aer of BK Farmyards in Central Brooklyn where ecological horticulture is the name of the game. Ever wanted to raise chickens in the city? Learn about their chicken apprenticeships and egg CSA as well as their youth farming programs through the High School for Public Service. Want to help out or eat for a good cause? Check BK Farms's pop-up dinner event later this September here. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
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Yards to Farms (14:40)
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The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks, Bee Ayer, BK Farmyards, farm education programs, central Brooklyn, backyard farm plots, 4H, ecological horticulture, urban forming, sustainable food systems, Green Guerrillas, livestock in the city, New York Restoration Project, chicken apprenticeship, egg CSA, raising chickens in the city, Just Food,Programs for Young Farmers (18:10)
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food production as an educational tool, Highschool for Public Service, vertical farming, urban egg, science of horticulture, youth based farming, horticultural knowledge, hot items at farmers markets, West Indian community, Callaloo, Hurricane Irene, Bust Magazine,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
